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Cast Your Spell

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt

"I miss you"are the words that escape your lipsas they move ever so lightly overmy neck and collar bone"I love you"are the words you say as your eyesg..

What am I, really?

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt

I am more than the outer appearance you can see-the smile, the eyes, and the figureyou pass on the sidewalk everydayI am the thoughts running through ..

12:29 A.M thoughts

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt

Just because a gift is delivered in a bung up packagedoesn't mean we don't open it to see what's insideSo why do we not give people the same footing?W..

Outcast

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt

For all my LGBTQ+ readers out there- you are loved :)

Time builds immunity

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt

I listened to my grandmother's homophobic remarksfor eighteen years before accepting the factthat I am attracted to womanBut perhaps her hate is what ..

love is not only for one man and one woman

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt

My father died when I was sevenMy grandfathers were both goneby the time I turned nineMy uncle had no place in my familyand my first step-father abuse..

Forever a Pattern of Men Leaving

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt

I've never brought myself to write about youI've never felt as though I had the strengthI've written about menboys before..the ones who came into my l..

Lonely

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt

My heart breaks with every failed relationshipI continue to wonder whyI can't find someone who willlove me fully for being meBut how can I expect a st..

Driven by Strength

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt

I watch the headlights of a thousand carsas they travel in the opposite direction that I doAnd they remind me of all the starsI wished on when I thoug..

Mint Condition

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt

You are not aloneI will be here for youuntil you no longer want me to beI will continue toremind you of your strengthsTo make you feel importantand fu..